Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace) Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer Employment Type: Salaried full-time direct employee About the Opportunity The Senior Manufacturing Engineer is a technical leader responsible for driving continuous improvement, supporting new product development, and optimizing manufacturing systems, equipment, and processes. This role mentors other engineers, leads cross‑functional initiatives, and ensures production efficiency, product quality, and cost reduction across the organization. Responsibilities Serve as a strong technical leader with excellent communication and organizational skills. Mentor junior engineers and production staff in subject matter expertise and best practices. Collaborate with design engineering and operations to support new product introduction, ensuring manufacturability and process capability. Create and direct feedback to and from customer requirements and specifications to the production group for current and new products, facilitating the continuous improvement directive. Troubleshoot, research, and recommend repairs for discrepant or non‑optimized parts to ensure product quality and process reliability. Work with QA and Production to determine process improvements and design metrics. Ensure compliance with industry‑specific standards (e.g., ASTM, SPI, FDA, FAA, ITAR, ISO 13485/AS9100) and company policies. Lead significant‑scale engineering efforts with cross‑functional coordination, including ERP and PLM system development. Plan and manage work for self and others, develop and monitor project schedules, and establish Standard Operating Procedures for new and updated equipment and systems. Act as a vocal stakeholder in system development cycles, present technical solutions to customers, and facilitate feedback between customer requirements and production teams. Responsible for following all company policies and standard operating procedures and safety practices. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, or similar technical discipline. Minimum 8 years of manufacturing engineering experience, including plastics experience. If no plastics experience, must have strong background in metal painting/bonding/coating and experience or knowledge in CNC machining. Minimum 4 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing. Minimum 1 year of experience or strong knowledge of CATIA (ideally V5/V6 modeling, composites tooling and part design, and structural sizing). May consider other 3D CAD experience (e.g., NX, SolidWorks, CREO). Minimum 2 years of ERP experience and exposure to CAD system management tool(s). ITAR facility – U.S. Persons Required. Preferred Skills

BSME.

3-5 years of plastics experience. Strong ERP and PLM systems experience, including CAD system management. Epicor experience ideal. Mastercam exposure or CNC machining and programming. Lean Six Sigma belt or advanced training. Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran. Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Acara Solutions Internal